1967 Omaha Mustangs (PFLA) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: Bernie Berigan |
| Head Coach: Walt Corey |
| Bernie Berigan | Assistant Coach |
| Don Leahy | Assistant Coach |
| Dewey Wade | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/12/1967 | H | Manitowoc County Chiefs | 20-45 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1967 | A | Alabama Hawks | 14-41 | L | Huntsville, AL | Milton Frank Stadium | 8264 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1967 | H | Joliet Chargers | 0-49 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 8141 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1967 | H | Des Moines Warriors | 41-35 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 5388 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | A | Quad-City Raiders | 17-7 | W | Davenport, IA | Municipal Stadium | 2551 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1967 | H | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | 23-13 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 7260 | |
| Sat | 9/30/1967 | A | Chicago Owls | 27-7 | W | Niles, IL | Notre Dame High School Stadium | 2116 | |
| Sat | 10/7/1967 | H | Alabama Hawks | 33-17 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 9062 | |
| Sat | 10/14/1967 | A | Joliet Chargers | 17-24 | L | Joliet, IL | West Jefferson Stadium | 6100 | |
| Sat | 10/21/1967 | A | Des Moines Warriors | 7-45 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5592 | |
| Sat | 10/28/1967 | H | Quad-City Raiders | 62-19 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 2467 | |
| Sat | 11/11/1967 | A | Oklahoma City Plainsmen | 27-13 | W | Oklahoma City, OK | Taft Stadium | 6912 | |
| Sat | 11/18/1967 | H | Chicago Owls | 20-19 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4127 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Laverne Allers | MLB | 6-0 | 213 | 24 | Nebraska | |||
| Ron Bailey | ROT | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Southern Utah | |||
| Ken Berry | QB | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | San Jose State | |||
| Dick Butolph | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 26 | Nebraska-Kearney | |||
| Sonny Calta | RS | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Kansas State | |||
| B.W. Cheeks | FB-HB | 6-1 | 230 | 26 | Texas Southern | |||
| Dick Czap | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 24 | Nebraska | |||
| Roy Davis | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Prairie View A&M | |||
| Fred Dawston | LCB-SE | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | South Carolina State | |||
| Ken Dostal | LDE | 6-6 | 235 | 27 | Nebraska; Peru State | |||
| Dallas Dyer | MLB-RLB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Nebraska | |||
| John Edmonds | RS-LS | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | none | |||
| Rod Franz | LS-RS | 5-10 | 192 | 23 | Nebraska; Northern Iowa | |||
| Gerald Gerths | ROT-OG | 6-2 | 248 | 24 | none | |||
| Jim Gray | SE | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Langston | |||
| Jim Hageman | FB | 6-0 | 214 | 23 | South Dakota | |||
| John Haskell | LOG-ROG | 6-0 | 228 | 25 | Midland Lutheran | |||
| Dave Hayes | LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 24 | Colorado College | |||
| Glen Hepburn | TE-RDE | 6-4 | 215 | 29 | Nebraska; Butler CC; Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| George Hoelker | C | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Wayne State (Nebraska) | |||
| Tandy Holmes | LCB-RS | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | Ellsworth CC; Pepperdine | |||
| Bill Jansen | DT | 6-1 | 255 | 22 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Lyle Johnston | RCB-LCB-P | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | Weber State | |||
| Les King | RDE | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Westmar | |||
| Dick Kolowski | LOT | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Lake Forest | |||
| Tom Luby | RDT-ROT | 6-3 | 232 | 26 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Burt Matthies | TE | 6-0 | 230 | 26 | Wayne State (Nebraska) | |||
| Leo Miller | LOG | 5-11 | 235 | 24 | Iowa | |||
| Dwane Novak | LDT-LDE | 6-0 | 214 | 24 | Nebraska | |||
| Bob Payne | RB | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Southern University | |||
| Don Purcell | LLB | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | Nebraska | |||
| Dave Rak | ROG | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Ray Rivera | DT | 6-1 | 286 | 24 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Len Simmons | FB | 5-11 | 235 | 22 | Edward Waters | |||
| Frank Solich | SE | 5-8 | 158 | 23 | Nebraska | |||
| Van Steckelberg | LS-HB | 5-7 | 175 | 23 | Wayne State (Nebraska) | |||
| Larry Stednitz | HB-FL | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Iowa; Midland Lutheran | |||
| Don Sutton | LDT | 6-4 | 247 | 30 | none | |||
| Johnny Tardy | RCB | 6-0 | 192 | 24 | Texas Southern | |||
| Dennis Thorell | LS-RS | 5-10 | 175 | 22 | Nebraska | |||
| Ted Vactor | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Nebraska | |||
| Ken Vaughn | FL | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | Texas-Arlington | |||
| Collin Versich | K | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | Hibbing JC; Minnesota; North Dakota | |||
| Larry Wachholtz | S | 5-8 | 160 | 22 | Nebraska | |||
| Jerry Wilks | C-OT-LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 22 | Nebraska | |||
| Charlie Winters | FB | 6-3 | 225 | 21 | Nebraska | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 56 | 60 | 91 | 81 | 288 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 84 | 54 | 103 | 289 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collin Versich | 0 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 72 | ||||
| B.W. Cheeks | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Ken Berry | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Larry Stednitz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Frank Solich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Ken Vaughn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bob Payne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Dick Butolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Fred Dawston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dallas Dyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Edmonds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Hageman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Lyle Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Len Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 36 | 33 | 36 | 91.7 | 13 | 0 | 288 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 34 | 39 | 87.2 | 7 | 9 | 289 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Stednitz | 130 | 560 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| B.W. Cheeks | 134 | 418 | 3.1 | 6 | |
| Jim Hageman | 40 | 150 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Len Simmons | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Ken Berry | 94 | 82 | 0.9 | 7 | |
| Bob Payne | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 2 | |
| Dick Butolph | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Charlie Winters | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Fred Dawston | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Frank Solich | 2 | -17 | -8.5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Berry | 340 | 184 | 54.1 | 2250 | 6.6 | 12.2 | 14 | 4.1 | ||||||||
| Dick Butolph | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 164 | 5.7 | 14.9 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Larry Stednitz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| Team Totals | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 19 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Vaughn | 72 | 837 | 11.6 | 3 | |
| Frank Solich | 42 | 716 | 17.0 | 4 | |
| Larry Stednitz | 26 | 283 | 10.9 | 4 | |
| B.W. Cheeks | 19 | 236 | 12.4 | 2 | |
| Fred Dawston | 10 | 137 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Hageman | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Glen Hepburn | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Len Simmons | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | |
| Burt Matthies | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Butolph | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Gray | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle Johnston | 5 | 1 | |||
| Ted Vactor | 5 | 0 | |||
| Fred Dawston | 1 | ||||
| Dallas Dyer | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle Johnston | 26 | 1009 | 38.8 | |||||||
| Larry Stednitz | 19 | 703 | 37.0 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Edmonds | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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